Byline: ANDREW KRAMER Associated Press
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- A concrete overhang collapsed Thursday evening over a crowded subway entrance in central St. Petersburg, killing at least five people and injuring several, officials said.
Rescue workers used jackhammers and cranes to search today for bodies in the debris of the 10- to 15-ton chunk of concrete.
At least five people were killed, including one child, said Grigory Gribunov, spokesman for the fire department. Several more were hospitalized, including a policeman who had been patrolling the area.
Gribunov would not speculate on why the piece of concrete, about 100 yards square, …
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